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by The dude
Tue Mar 23, 2021 5:59 pm
Forum: How do I?
Topic: how to capture multi darks in sharpcap to stacks in deep sky stacker.
Replies: 3
Views: 575

Re: how to capture multi darks in sharpcap to stacks in deep sky stacker.

Robin, Thanks for the response. I have sharp cap set to raw 16 bit and fits but the master dark and master flat was saved as tiff or png. How to I correct that. Will one master dark frame and one master flat frame suffice to assist in noise reduction in dss. I greatly appreciate your help, The dude
by The dude
Sun Mar 21, 2021 4:40 pm
Forum: How do I?
Topic: how to capture multi darks in sharpcap to stacks in deep sky stacker.
Replies: 3
Views: 575

how to capture multi darks in sharpcap to stacks in deep sky stacker.

Frustrated newbie here, camera setting is raw 16 bit. save as fits file. 1.) How to take multi darks in SC I have read other posts and it said to take the darks as a regular capture. I have done that, and when I check the sharp cap capture file, they are not there. If I use the SC darks tool, it cre...
by The dude
Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:01 pm
Forum: How do I?
Topic: newbie just switched from dslr to asi 533 color
Replies: 1
Views: 365

newbie just switched from dslr to asi 533 color

Another question from the newbe related to gain and off set settings. I am using a windows 10 laptop. an asi533 one shot color. I have the camera set to capture raw 16 and I am saving images as fits files. I have read on several posts that the unity gain on the asi 533 is 100 and the offset is 50, w...
by The dude
Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:13 pm
Forum: Deep Sky Imaging
Topic: newbie just switched from dslr to asi 533 color
Replies: 1
Views: 881

newbie just switched from dslr to asi 533 color

To all, You have all heard the story before. I just switched from dslr to zwo asi 533 one shot color. In sharp cap it gives me raw 8 bit and raw 16 bit and rgb 24. Which should I pick? Further, it appears the photo format I should use is fits. Correct? I also purchased the L extreme duo band filter....